Darcel Avenue Senior Public School
Encyclopedia
Darcel Avenue Senior Public School is a middle school
in Mississauga, Ontario
, located in the Malton
area of the city. The school is part of the Peel District School Board
, is named after the street it's located on, and opened in 1971. The school participates in the Peel Community Partners' "Breakfast for Kids" program, participated in the first three A World in Motion challenges, and is the only Canadian school participating in Orion's Quest Mission 3. Cathy Morrison, a teacher at Darcel, received the Toronto Raptors
Community MVP Award for the month of January 2008.
Middle school
Middle School and Junior High School are levels of schooling between elementary and high schools. Most school systems use one term or the other, not both. The terms are not interchangeable...
in Mississauga, Ontario
Ontario
Ontario is a province of Canada, located in east-central Canada. It is Canada's most populous province and second largest in total area. It is home to the nation's most populous city, Toronto, and the nation's capital, Ottawa....
, located in the Malton
Malton, Ontario
Malton is a neighbourhood in the northeastern part of the city of Mississauga, Ontario, Canada, located to the northwest of Toronto. The neighbourhood has a population of approximately 36,400 as of 2002....
area of the city. The school is part of the Peel District School Board
Peel District School Board
Peel District School Board is a Canadian public board of education for the Peel Regional Municipality, headquartered in the HJA Brown Education Centre in Mississauga...
, is named after the street it's located on, and opened in 1971. The school participates in the Peel Community Partners' "Breakfast for Kids" program, participated in the first three A World in Motion challenges, and is the only Canadian school participating in Orion's Quest Mission 3. Cathy Morrison, a teacher at Darcel, received the Toronto Raptors
Toronto Raptors
The Toronto Raptors are a professional basketball team based in Toronto, Ontario, Canada. They are part of the Atlantic Division of the Eastern Conference in the National Basketball Association . The team was established in 1995, along with the Vancouver Grizzlies, as part of the NBA's re-expansion...
Community MVP Award for the month of January 2008.
Sports
- Track and fieldTrack and fieldTrack and field is a sport comprising various competitive athletic contests based around the activities of running, jumping and throwing. The name of the sport derives from the venue for the competitions: a stadium which features an oval running track surrounding a grassy area...
- Soccer
- BasketballBasketballBasketball is a team sport in which two teams of five players try to score points by throwing or "shooting" a ball through the top of a basketball hoop while following a set of rules...
- BadmintonBadmintonBadminton is a racquet sport played by either two opposing players or two opposing pairs , who take positions on opposite halves of a rectangular court that is divided by a net. Players score points by striking a shuttlecock with their racquet so that it passes over the net and lands in their...
- Soft BallSoft ballSoft ball or softball can refer to:* Softball, a form of team sport similar to baseball* soft ball squash, the international form of Squash , as distinguished from hardball squash, the North American form...
- CricketCricketCricket is a bat-and-ball game played between two teams of 11 players on an oval-shaped field, at the centre of which is a rectangular 22-yard long pitch. One team bats, trying to score as many runs as possible while the other team bowls and fields, trying to dismiss the batsmen and thus limit the...
- Kandy
- Dodge ball
Extra curricular
- Student CouncilStudent councilStudent council is a curricular or extra-curricular activity for students within elementary and secondary schools around the world. Present in most public and private K-12 school systems across the United States, Canada and Australia these bodies are alternatively entitled student council, student...
- Yearbook CommitteeYearbook CommitteeYearbook Committee is a folk/folk rock band from Terre Haute, Indiana founded in May 2009. Current band members are Christina Blust, Jon DaCosta, Travis Dillon, David Goodier, Brad Lone and Rachel Rasley, all of whom share songwriting and lead vocal performance duties. The band is known for its...
- Steel Drum Band
- Cheer Leading
- SingingSingingSinging is the act of producing musical sounds with the voice, and augments regular speech by the use of both tonality and rhythm. One who sings is called a singer or vocalist. Singers perform music known as songs that can be sung either with or without accompaniment by musical instruments...
External links
- https://qps.peel.edu.on.ca/darcelps
- https://esip.edu.gov.on.ca/english/profiles/school_info.asp?ID=B66125&schoolid=133698
- https://oweb.peelschools.org/pls/www/www_schools.school_details?p_school=1104